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Jeff Jensen is perhaps best known for his fun, geektastic reviews in Entertainment Weekly, but the scribe’s latest foray into writing is a much more grim affair.

In his new graphic novel Jensen, whose exegeses of Lost helped earn him the nickname Doc, has tackled the role his father played in one of the most plot-twisty manhunts ever.

In Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, which came out earlier this week, Jensen mines his own legacy (and police files) to tell the story of Tom Jensen’s relationship with a serial strangler.

Gary Leon Ridgway was at large around Seattle for two decades and murdered at least 48 women before being identified by a DNA sample in 2001; the graphic novel picks up after his arrest, when Ridgway partnered with the elder Jensen, a detective on the case, to find as-yet unrecovered victims.

While Jeff Jensen tells the tale, artist Jonathan Case keeps things suspenseful, downplaying the too-easy-to-go-there moments of gore and violence in favor of panels that highlight more honestly what really made the whole investigation so creepy: The very ethos that cops live by — the police procedural — can itself become suspect and perverted when a bad guy gets to tag along for the action.

For Detective Jensen, a Sherlock Holmes lover, there’s a new game afoot. He must figure out the killer’s true motive: Is Ridgway for real? Or is he concealing something even more macabre? (Spoiler alert: Macabre!) For Jeff Jensen, the book is a chance to revisit something his dad tried to shield him from.

“I wanted to be able to tell his story but also to ask a lot of questions about work he never shared with us,” Jensen said. “When he first read it, he got up and left the room and wept.”


In other words, the Doctor is in.




The History of the Green River Killings

Nearly 20 years ago, 49 killings occurred during a 3 year period. The case remains the largest known unsolved serial murder spree in the US.

The term "Green River killer" was coined because the first 5 bodies were found in or near Green River in Kent, south King County, WA in 1982. 37 victims were found on dry land. Off Star Lake Road on Kent's West Hill south of the Green River Valley is where 5 more victims were found. Other clusters of bodies were found near Sea -Tac, North Bend, Enumclaw, and OR. No one knows why the killings linked to the Green River seemed to have stopped sometime in 1984. Now they are not sure they did. Recent investigations indicate the Green River Killer reign of terror might have extended beyond the 1982 -1984 span and could have extended his crimes geographically as far as San Diego, CA, Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC. Ongoing investigations are looking for clues to link the crimes.

A few elements of the Green River Killer FBI Profile

Green River Facts:

Of the 49 identified victims, 18 were under the age of 18, 12 were 18 - 20, and 15 were 21 or older and 4 sets of remains are not identified

The deaths were violent

The victims were females of all races

They either had connections with prostitution or were hitchhiking
Most victims were last seen alive around the SeaTac area, on Pacific Hwy. S

2 victims disappeared the same day 3 different times. No victims disappeared in January. Other bad weather months, October - March, 15 women disappeared. April - September, 30 victims disappeared. 7 women disappeared in October. July and August had 6 murders each. 4 women disappeared over 8 days in April 83

Most victims weren't found until the remains were only bones

The bodies were found in wooded or brushy areas where trash is dumped illegally, near isolated roads with clear views, or in or near the Green River. Some close to residences in high traffic areas

The bodies were dumped, nude, partially or fully clothed

Some of the victims were posed

Bodies were concealed, not buried in deep graves

King County Court charged Ridgway on 4 counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of 4 women in the 1980s.

Denise Bush 's remains were found in 2 separate dump sites, hours apart from each other.

On November 30, 2001, Gary Leon Ridgway, a 52 year married man who had worked for the same company for 32 years was arrested for the murders of 4 of the "Green River Killer" victims.

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Sorry, I forgot the cover of the book.

Here's a pic of him IRL and a sample of his victims.

[Flo3750]

I think I've seen all there is on this green river Gary, but if there's more on here can anyone point the way. Thanks.